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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Vatican
City, 30 July 2013 (VIS) – Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio
Bertone S.D.B. has sent a telegram, in the name of the Holy Father,
to Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, archbishop of Naples and president of
the Episcopal Conference for the region of Campania, for the road
accident last Sunday in which 38 people lost their lives when a bus
fell from a viaduct on the A16 road between Naples and Canosa.

Profoundly
saddened by the news of the tragic accident, the Pope raises fervent
prayers for the souls of the deceased and conveys his deepest
condolences to their families. He invokes the Lord for the rapid
recovery of the injured, and imparts the comfort of an apostolic
blessing as a sign of consolation for those who mourn the loss of
their loved ones.